Sexton Blake

Sexton Blake
• Rhyming Slang for 'fake'.

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  • Sexton Blake — is a fictional detective who has appeared in many British comic strips and novels, described by Professor Jeffrey Richards on the BBC in The Radio Detectives in 2003 as the poor man s Sherlock Holmes . Sexton Blake adventures appeared in a wide… …   Wikipedia

  • Sexton Blake — Cockney Rhyming Slang 1. Fake He wears a Cartier but it s a sexton See also Sexton Blake >cake 2. Cake ow about a nice slice of sexton? Possible that Sexton Blake was a detective in comic book stories (?) …   English dialects glossary

  • Sexton Blake (band) — Sexton Blake is a band based in Portland, Oregon. They are signed to the independent record label Expunged Records. Fronted by singer/guitarist Josh Hodges, other instruments include keyboard, drums, and bass. They were featured on the album to:… …   Wikipedia

  • Sexton Blake — Meaning Fake. Origin Cockney rhyming slang …   Meaning and origin of phrases

  • Meet Sexton Blake — is a 1945 British drama film directed by John Harlow and starring David Farrar, Manning Whiley, Dennis Arundell and John Varley.[1] Cast David Farrar Sexton Blake Manning Whiley Raoul Sudd Dennis Arundell Johann Sudd John Varley Tinker Betty… …   Wikipedia

  • Sexton — may refer to:*Sexton (artillery), a self propelled artillery vehicle of World War II *Sexton (office), a church officer charged with the maintenance of the church buildings and/or the surrounding graveyard *Sexton (surname), people with the… …   Wikipedia

  • Blake — Infobox Given Name Revised name = Blake imagesize= caption= pronunciation= Bl ake gender = Male, Female meaning = black, pale, dark, bright region = English origin = Old English related names = footnotes = Blake is either a surname or a given… …   Wikipedia

  • Union Jack (magazine) — Union Jack was a story paper of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Introduction There were two story papers called Union Jack . The first appeared in the 1880 s but was only very short lived. The name was then used by Alfred Harmsworth in… …   Wikipedia

  • John Creasey — (* 17. September 1908 in Southfields (Grafschaft Surrey); † 9. Juni 1973 in New Hall, Bodenham (Salisbury, Grafschaft Wiltshire)) war ein englischer Schriftsteller. Er galt als extrem produktiv und schrieb unter vielen verschiedenen Pseudonymen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • David Farrar (actor) — David Farrar Born 21 August 1908(1908 08 21) Forest Gate, London, England Died 31 August 1995 …   Wikipedia

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